The actress, best known for her role in 1995's "Clueless," has
more recently made headlines for
her controversial race commentary and work as a
contributor on Fox News. Naturally, people
were surprised to see Dash, who has said that she doesn't support
Black History Month, gracing the stage to wish viewers a "Happy
Black History Month."

Now, Dash has explained her appearance in a blog post,
shared after the show, on faith-based blogging platform Patheos.
She opens by introducing herself.

"You might be watching the Oscars and wondering why
someone named Stacey Dash just walked across the stage. (Why was
that funny anyway?)," Dash wrote. "Well, I'm Stacey — with an 'e' —
and it's nice to meet you. I was born in the South Bronx, became
an actress in Hollywood where I starred in the 1995 movie
'Clueless.'"

From there, she details some of her more controversial decisions,
like voting for Mitt Romney in 2012 and speaking out against
#OscarsSoWhite. Then she addresses the elephant in the room,
or rather, Hollywood's Dolby Theater:

Which brings me to the joke. When they added ME to increase the
diversity, I'm sure many black people rolled their eyes. I'm not
"black enough," they say. But guess what? I've heard that all my
life. I would rather be a free thinking, black than a cookie
cutter black who thinks — and votes — just like all my friends.

Yes, I'm the actress from the South Bronx who has always dreamed
of winning an Oscar. But God has a great sense of humor and this
is my first encounter with one of my dreams of destiny. Bringing
diversity to Hollywood... not merely because of color, but
politics as well. (After all, different colors of skin is an
easy kind of diversity. Ideological diversity is much harder,
because it forces everyone to come face to face with
actual beliefs. Hollywood needs BOTH.)